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Bestir [bih-stur]
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bustle [buhs-uhl]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move around quickly, busily
Synonyms: bestir, dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk
Main Entry: kindle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excite, incite
Synonyms: agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn up, challenge, egg on, enkindle, exasperate, fire up, foment, get smoking, induce, inflame, inspire, key up, provoke, rally, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake, waken, whet, work up
Antonyms: disenchant, turn off
Main Entry: provoke
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start, evoke; stimulate
Synonyms: animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet
Notes: provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses
Antonyms: end, halt, prevent, stop
Main Entry: rally
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reorganize, unite
Synonyms: arouse, assemble, awaken, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, call to arms, challenge, charge, collect, come about, come to order, come together, convene, counterattack, encourage, fire, gather, get together, inspirit, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, reassemble, redouble, reform, refresh, regroup, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, waken, whet, wreak havoc
Antonyms: disperse, divide, scatter
Main Entry: rouse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stimulate, excite
Synonyms: aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, fire up, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up, kindle, magnify, make waves, mount, move, needle, pep up, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up
Antonyms: calm, disenchant, dull
Main Entry: stir
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, stimulate
Synonyms: abet, actuate, add fuel to fire, adjy, affect, agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, craze, drive, electrify, energize, excite, feed the fire, foment, galvanize, impel, inflame, inspire, kindle, make waves, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, psych, quicken, raise, rally, rile, rouse, roust, rout, set, spark, spook, spur, stir embers, stir up, switch on, thrill, touch, trigger, urge, vitalize, wake, waken, whet, whip up, work up
Antonyms: calm, discourage
Main Entry: stir
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get up and going
Synonyms: awake, awaken, be up and about, bestir, budge, exert, get a move on, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg, wake, waken
Antonyms: laze, rest, wait
Main Entry: wake/waken
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop sleeping
Synonyms: arise, awake, awaken, be roused, bestir, bring to life, call, come to, get out of bed, get up, nudge, open one's eyes, prod, rise, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, shake, stir, stretch, tumble out, turn out, wake up
Antonyms: nap, sleep
Main Entry: waken
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wake
Synonyms: arise, arouse, awake, awaken, be roused, bestir, bring to life, call*, come to, get out of bed, get up, nudge, open one's eyes, prod, rise, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, shake, stir*, stretch, tumble out, turn out, wake up
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